Alexandra Greenfield (born 1990) is a Welsh former road and track cyclist from Barry. She began competing at a young age with the Maindy Flyers children's cycle club before joining Cardiff Ajax CC. Greenfield holds the record for the 5 km Tandem Standing Start event on the track along with Katie Curtis, with a time of 7 minutes 4.424 seconds. The record was set in Newport Velodrome on 10 June 2004.[2] She transitioned from Wiggle High5's former technical director and assistant directeur sportif, to be Cycling New Zealand's women's endurance assistant coach by mid-2018.[3]
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Full name | Alexandra Greenfield |
| Born | 7 September 1990 Barry, Wales, United Kingdom |
| Team information | |
| Discipline | Road and track |
| Role | Coach Technical director Directeur sportif |
| Amateur teams | |
| Maindy Flyers | |
| Cardiff Ajax CC | |
| Professional teams | |
| 2007 | Pinarello Racing Team |
| 2010 | Horizon Fitness[1] |
| Managerial team | |
| 2017 | Wiggle High5 |
She became the British junior scratch race champion in 2007 as well as the junior European points race champion. In 2008, Greenfield retained her European points race title and added another title as a member of the junior team pursuit squad. She made her debut to the UCI Track Cycling World Cup Classics in the 2008–2009 season, taking third place in the scratch race in the first round in Manchester.
Palmarès
editTrack
edit- 2006
- 2nd points race, British National Track Championships (Senior category - despite being only 16)
- 1st
15km points race, British National Track Championships - Youth - 1st 10km scratch race, British National Track Championships - Youth
- 2007
- 1st
points race, European Track Championships - Junior - 2nd British National Derny Championships
- 3rd WCRA Derny Championships
- 1st 10km scratch race, British National Track Championships - Junior
- 2008
- 1st points race, European Track Championships - Junior
- 1st team pursuit, European Track Championships - Junior
- 3rd pursuit, British National Track Championships - Junior
- 3rd scratch race, 2008–2009 UCI Track Cycling World Cup Classics
- 2009
- 1st Madison, British National Track Championships (with Dani King)[4]
- 2010
- 4th scratch race, 2010 Commonwealth Games[5]
Road
edit- 2003
- 2nd British National Circuit Race Championships - under 14
- 2004
- 1st girl, Kerry Youth Tour, (IRL)
- 2006
- 6th Tour de Junior Achterveld (NDL)
References
edit- ^ "Horizon Fitness: Kona Bikes & New Signings". British Cycling. 17 January 2010. Retrieved 10 January 2015.
- ^ "A New Record". Archived from the original on 30 October 2007. Retrieved 12 June 2008.
- ^ "Changes and additions to cycling high performance coaching team". RoadCycling.co.nz. 22 May 2018. Retrieved 13 June 2018.
- ^ "Keirin success for Hoy". skysports.com. 24 October 2009. Retrieved 9 January 2015.
- ^ "Commonwealth Games 2010: Cycling results". bbc.co.uk. 30 September 2014. Retrieved 9 January 2015.
External links
edit- "Interview with Alex Greenfield". Archived from the original on 30 September 2007. Retrieved 12 June 2008.
- Results at britishcycling.org.uk
- Alex Greenfield at Cycling Archives (archive)
- Alex Greenfield at the Commonwealth Games Federation (archived)